Updated Wednesday Oct. 22

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
WizardsWSH0-0
Southeast 30
0.00
2
SpursSA0-0
Southwest 17
0.00
3
MavericksDAL0-0
Southwest 18
0.00
4
76ersPHI0-0
Atlantic 19
0.00
5
KingsSAC0-0
Pacific 20
0.00
6
RaptorsTOR0-0
Atlantic 21
0.00
7
HeatMIA0-0
Southeast 22
0.00
8
Trail BlazersPOR0-0
Northwest 23
0.00
9
BullsCHI0-0
Central 24
0.00
10
SunsPHX0-0
Pacific 25
0.00
11
PelicansNO0-0
Southwest 26
0.00
12
HornetsCHA0-0
Southeast 27
0.00
13
NetsBKN0-0
Atlantic 28
0.00
14
JazzUTAH0-0
Northwest 29
0.00
15
PacersIND0-0
Central 16
0.00
16
GrizzliesMEM0-0
Southwest 15
0.00
17
CavaliersCLE0-0
Central 2
0.00
18
NuggetsDEN0-0
Northwest 3
0.00
19
KnicksNY0-0
Atlantic 5
0.00
20
TimberwolvesMIN0-0
Northwest 6
0.00
21
ClippersLAC0-0
Pacific 8
0.00
22
MagicORL0-0
Southeast 9
0.00
23
PistonsDET0-0
Central 10
0.00
24
HawksATL0-0
Southeast 11
0.00
25
BucksMIL0-0
Central 12
0.00
26
CelticsBOS0-0
Atlantic 13
0.00
27
RocketsHOU0-1
Southwest 4
1.00
28
ThunderOKC1-0
Northwest 1
5.50
29
LakersLAL0-1
Pacific 14
7.00
30
WarriorsGS1-0
Pacific 7
14.50

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
JazzUTAH0-0
Northwest 29
13.73
2
SunsPHX0-0
Pacific 25
14.12
3
Trail BlazersPOR0-0
Northwest 23
14.12
4
PelicansNO0-0
Southwest 26
14.18
5
HornetsCHA0-0
Southeast 27
14.30
6
MavericksDAL0-0
Southwest 18
14.36
7
NetsBKN0-0
Atlantic 28
14.41
8
SpursSA0-0
Southwest 17
14.44
9
BullsCHI0-0
Central 24
14.48
10
HeatMIA0-0
Southeast 22
14.53
11
KingsSAC0-0
Pacific 20
14.61
12
76ersPHI0-0
Atlantic 19
14.67
13
GrizzliesMEM0-0
Southwest 15
14.68
14
LakersLAL0-1
Pacific 14
14.89
15
RaptorsTOR0-0
Atlantic 21
14.91
16
PacersIND0-0
Central 16
14.91
17
WarriorsGS1-0
Pacific 7
14.99
18
PistonsDET0-0
Central 10
15.00
19
NuggetsDEN0-0
Northwest 3
15.06
20
TimberwolvesMIN0-0
Northwest 6
15.06
21
CelticsBOS0-0
Atlantic 13
15.08
22
BucksMIL0-0
Central 12
15.11
23
HawksATL0-0
Southeast 11
15.16
24
MagicORL0-0
Southeast 9
15.19
25
ClippersLAC0-0
Pacific 8
15.23
26
ThunderOKC1-0
Northwest 1
15.30
27
WizardsWSH0-0
Southeast 30
15.42
28
CavaliersCLE0-0
Central 2
15.45
29
RocketsHOU0-1
Southwest 4
15.70
30
KnicksNY0-0
Atlantic 5
15.85